Occult and secondary injuries missed by plain radiography of the cervical spine in blunt trauma patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 200-206

  Mower, W R ^a   Oh, J Y ^a   Zucker, M I ^a   Hoffman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Fractures; Missed injury; Radiography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034806677     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011903     Document Type: Article

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